Robert W. Fieseler - American Scare
When:
Monday, Jun 23, 2025 6:00p -
7:00p
Monday, Jun 23, 2025 6:00p -
7:00p
Where:
Boston Athenaeum
10-1/2 Beacon St
Boston, Massachusetts 02108
Admission:
FREE
Hosted by:
Categories:
Art, History, LGBTQ+, Social Good
Event website:
events.bostonathenaeum.org/en/robert-w-fieseler-american-scare-5a2KUm4yw3d/overview
In January 1959, Art Copleston was escorted out of his college accounting class by three police officers. In a motel room, blinds drawn, he sat in front of a state senator and the legal counsel for the Florida Legislative Investigation Committee, nicknamed the “Johns Committee.” His crime? Being a suspected homosexual. And the government of Florida would use any tactic at their disposal—legal or not—to get Copleston to admit it.
Using a secret trove of primary source documents that have been decoded and de-censored for the first time in history, journalist Robert W. Fieseler unravels the mystery of what actually happened behind the closed doors of an inquisition that held ordinary citizens ransom to its extraordinary powers.
Tickets are free for members and their guests, and $20 for visitors.
More information and registration: https://events.bostonathenaeum.org/en/robert-w-fieseler-american-scare-5a2KUm4yw3d/overview
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